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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1918)
v 7 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 191S. i . LAUDLOnD AND FRIEND BATTLE FOR FURNITURE V 0 'Allege Belongings of Strickep ' Family Are Held for Rent . that is Seven Days Overdue. ' - !" UnableNo stand the strain of a trial in police court Monday morning, Mrs. ,C H. Green, 4517 North Fifteenth street, mother of nine children, and x whose husband is a helpless invalid, Collapsed during the . testimony , of John Martin, special Officer of the Union pacific railroad, who was arraigned-on a charge of assault and battery against D. S.- Peters, 4537 Jtforth Fourteenth avenue, a friend of the Green family. Mrs. Green was carried to the police matron' depart ment, where she was revived. According to 'the testimony of Peters, John' Martin, owner, of the property m which the Greens" resfde, refused to allow the family to move because they were in arrears for seven (flays' rent, and was holding the furni ture urtttHhe rent was forthcoming. , Peters,, according to his own .testi mony, had arranged for more desir able quarters for the family, and hud' volunteered his services with an auto truck to help them move. While the furniture; was being loaded Mr. Mar tin objected, be said, and a quarrel ensued, during which he was attacked by Martin; s Mr. Peters said that the family was In desperate circumstances, the older children. Jiaving desertedtheir par ents, neither of whom . is able . to work. For the last few days they have had nothing to eat except such as was provided by neighbors. The case was continued to Tuesday morning.' - ' Milk and Ice Fund For Poor Babies The warmer weather makes t larger demand on the Milk and Ice fund, which The 'Bee is raising for the oor babies of Omaha. During the hot weather many little tots suffer from the heat, and have Insufficient nourishment, because milk will irbt keep this weather without ice.,, , ... - The Be now has received as much money for the milk and ice fund as was expected. The people of Omaha have responded most liberally and the nurses think they have as much money on hand as will be needed for the rest of the summer. Previously reported. ...... ..$803.43 C. H 1.00 Mrs. W A w. 1.00 WH. Sanford v. 5.00 'v Total ....$810.43 Overhead Street Signs Are Barred After, August, 1920 City council committee of the whole informally recommended that ill overhead signs shall be removed on or before August 1, 1920. City commissioners were not dis posed to interfen with contracts under which many valuable electric signs are being operated, ..but they concurred in, the arguments offered that signs which project beyond the lot line are unsightly and dangerous. H.M, Christie oi the Real Estate exchange led the discussion against overhead signs and he was supported by- H, G. Loomis, E. S. Jewell and others, t 1 . It has been proposed that Omaha should foljow the plan of other cities to the end that these signs shall be perpendicular and close to- buildings. Gives Lambs to Red Oops, Then Purchases Them Back Joseph P. Q'Keefe, 4150 Cass street, Mary had a little Iambi Her sis lers, Elizabeth, Margaret and Ada CTKeefe, daughters of Mr. ana airs Josep ditto! Theirssp, who is one of the en terprising real estate men and pa triots of this village, in response to the slogan, "a iheep for every lawn,' went the slogan three better and pre sented his kiddies with four pet lambs, one for each of the girls. All went well and the little women made pets of their respective lambs when the vacation season approached and the-family were to go away. What to do wkh the lambs was a problem. . Finally papa solved it by donating the little sheep to the salvage de partment ofthe Red Cross. He went home and told the kiddies. There were tears of grief, not over the do nation,' butxthe prospect of parting with Mary's little lamb and all the others of the small flock. The grief of the children touched daddy's heart nd he pnarchased the lambs back from the Red Cross and provided for their board and keep while the family is away on its vaca tion. He handed the Red Cross a check for $15 as a result of the sale of the lambs from himself to him self as agent for Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth and Ada. Th kiddies are happy and the lambs continue to gam bol on the green. ' " PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Mr. and Mri. W. O. Dlcky h ton on vacation to Dtnvar, Colorado Spring, Manlton, Plko'a Paalc and Gold field. Colo., to vlalt Mra. Dtckay'a (liter, Mrt. Ida Doty. Enilcn Condlot, In chart of navy recruit ing In th( Omaha dffitrlot, la, vlattlnf In hli horn town. Liberal, Ho., for a faw daya. Auto Thieves Break Locks on Four North Side Garages Automobile tbiews broke the locks of garages at the following addresses durirtg the night: F. B. Alldreidge, 1616 Evans street; Howard Colon, 1612 Pinkney street; H. L. Woodford. 1614 Evans street; Ray Stewart, 1617 Pratt street. In none of the. In stances as a machine stolen. The theory is that the thieves broke, the locks on the first round and were in tending to return for the automobiles. .They were frightened away when they reached the garage of Walter Steele, 1617 Evans street. Obtains Replevin to Get ' Stolen Auto from Police Mrs. Eugene N. Strahl was able to identify her stolen automobile by lo cating private marks, notwithstanding that the engine number had .been changed fronj "2,441,899" to "441." When an Bowa automobile victim sought to reclaim this machine, Mrs Strahl obtained a writ of replevin, which was served on the police Mon day morning. Spajifs Council Considers - Sinkings by German Subs Premier Maura declared the minis try would not countenace any modifi cations which might endanger the maintenance of Spain's impartial neu trality. Nevertheless, he said, a pol icy of energetic defense of Spain's na tional interest must be followed. Madrjd, Aug. 12. The council of ministers, presided over by King Al fonso, met to. consider the question of foreign relations, and especially the situation between Spainand Germany resulting from the torpedoing of Spanish vessels. ' ' Oil Truck Runs Into Rear . Platform of Surface Car Passengers on a North Twenty fourth street car narrowly escaped injury Monday morning, when a Standard Oil truck, driven by A. E. Arnold collided . with the car at Twenty-fourth and Binney streets. The rear steps of the car were ripped off and the auto damaged. Arnold "al leged the brakes of his machine failed to work and were responsible for the accident. . Start today to buy War Savings Stamps 211 mm An excellent Investment and a patriotic duty Nl Ro Baiter rieorfl hall be considered ai atUfeetory end eomplste and perfeet until It has been apprortd not only by an authorised representative of the .Viotor. 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Saenger Voice, Culture Records are invalu- J MCCQRMACK aoio 19 xucai iiuacme -asK 10 near incm. V Victor Talking Machine Co, Camden, N. J. Important Notice. Victor Records and Victor Maebinee an acJentiflcally coordinated and yachronlsed la . the proceaws of manufacture, and their uae, one with the other, to absolutely essential to a perfect reproduction. 1 ' '.-' .. , V , - 1 . . m . n A- j . .i i n j l .a.. 1 J v ... V ? VI N. V ' "Victrola" li Hit Kccliterae Tradasark of tha Victor TaOda g alacbio Company dWfcatini tb predasb of this Cempaay only. 1 m WAR INDUSTRIAL CENSUS IS BEING TAKENJN OMAHA Survey to Determine War Work Which Might Be Done Here Being Made for the Government. To learn the war possibilities of Omaha manufacturing plants is one of the leading objects of the first sur rey of Omaha industries, which is being undertaken this week by the in dustrial bureau of the Chamber olS Commerce. More than 750 question naires will be mailed this week to Omaha manufacturers 'as the first step in the industrial census. Other divisions of the industries of the city will be canvassed for com plete information as soon as the man ufacturers are taken care of. Ques tionnaires will be sent to Omaha wholesalers, jobbers and brokers, to retailers, to owners of sites, buildings, trackage and traffic ways, and io rea! estatemen to obtain information as to the housing and welfare facilities of the city. Forms which will belsent out to manufacturers this week ask ques tions of the firms as to their names. location, officers, capital stocky equip ment, kinds of products, daily and an nual volume of output, method of marketing, distribution of sales ter ritory, kinds of labor employed, ship ping facilities, description of machin ery and the kind of war work that ia being done by the plant, or that can be done. Special Information. . Special informationjs requested of the manufacturers as to how their help is trained, as to what kind of niny neginncra receive, ana as to whether the manufacturers would approve of special help furnished for part time work by the Board of Edu cation. The -comfort and welfare of I the employes is also sked about, as W -, .L - - .... - ... t me sum lea oi empioyea neip ana the difficulty of securing help. Later surveys of other industries . will be just as complete. "We might have secured experts from other cities to undertake this survey," said J. M. Gillan. head of the-industrial bureau of the Cham ber of Commerce'; , "but this' would have been at a cost of perhaps $4001! ( and might not have given us the kind , of information we needed. We pre fer to do the wortT Ourselves at c lower cost with the purpose of learn- ihgexactly what we want to know." Mr. Gillan Is also making a classi fied list of the manufacturers of the state for the government war indus tries board, with' special reference to the war board of Nebraska's plants. THOMPSON.BELIM -00 me Cfathion Cenkr for WomttY3 August Sale of x Light and Medium Weight Serge and Poiret Twill Dresses Price About 30 Djesses included in this sale. A thorough clearance, despite the high and rising cost of woolens.- $29.50 Dresses $14.75 $35.00 Dresses $17.50 $39.50 Dresses $19.75 $45.00 Dresses $22.50 $65.00 Dresses $32.50 All sizes 16 to 42; colors, navy and !an; every Dress from regular stock Second Floor POLITICAL AlfVERTISEMECT. fOLITICAJ, ADVERTISEMENT. POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT. K FOR CONGRESS -v. ...'I T"i I - i & 5 To My Friends and Neighbors in Sarpy, Washington and Douglas Counties: , Since writing you last week I have had almost countless assurances from both Republicans and Democrats that they want to see me nominated and elected to the next congress. . , Lest you forget, however, this is to remind you that to insure my nom v ination fit the primary election August 20th you must all be sure that you go to the polls and vote for me. Remember that the very best of good wishes alone can not be counted when the ballot, boxes are opened. You Must Vote to Make Your Wishes Count I would like to have you do as much personal work for me as convenient during the coming week, particularly M the way of talking the matter of x my nomination over with your friend3 and neighbors, j v If you will all get together and -go to the polls and vote for my nomina tion' you may be sure that we will go over tha top at the primary with absolute certainty of victory at the November election. I f , Yours very sincerely, ' Republican Candidate forGongress. N 1 A v ' 1 Ait'v